Kibby's former employer shocked by Hernandez arrest

Team 5 Investigates is digging into dozens of cases involving Nathaniel Kibby -- the man who has been arrested and charged in connection with the nine-month disappearance of Abby Hernandez -- that date back decades.

THE HIGH BAIL FOR MR. KIBBY. LIVE IN CONCORD, RHONDELLA RICHARDSON, WCVB NEWSCENTER5. TEAM 5 INVESTIGATES IS LEARNING MORE ABOUT KIBBY'S PAST, DIGGING INTO DOZENS OF CASES DATING BACK DECADES. KAREN ANDERSON WITH INFORMATION ON AN ASSAULT ON A YOUNG WOMAN, KAREN. TEAM 5 FOUND A CONVICTION IN 1998. HE WAS A STUDENT AT KENNET HIGH SCHOOL IN NORTH CONWAY AND SO WAS THE 16-YEAR-OLD VICTIM. COURT OFFICIALS SAY KIBBY RECEIVED A DEFERRED SENTENCE IN THE COUNTY JAIL WITH YOU THE DETAILED COURT COMPLAINTS NO LONGER EXIST. THE CON WAY D DAILY SUN REPORTS FROM ITS ARCHIVES THAT HE GRABBED THE TEENAGED GIRL AS SHE WAS TRYING TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL AND INSISTED ON TALKING WITH HER AND SHE TESTIFIED HE FINALLY LET HER GO. AT TRIAL HE CLAIMED THE TWO HAD A RELATIONSHIP, SOMETHING THE GIRL DENIED. IN ALL, TEAM 5 FOUND 58 CASES INVOLVING KIBBY SINCE THE 1990'S. MOST MINOR VIOLATIONS AND SEVERAL WHERE CHARGES WERE DROPPED. NOW DESPITE THE RUNINS WITH POLICE, HIS FORMER BOSS TELLS TEAM 5 HE WAS A MODEL EMPLOYEE AND HE WAS SHOCKED ABOUT YESTERDAY'S ARREST. THE OWNER OF EMM PRECISION IN CONWAY SAYS KIBBY WAS A MACHINE OPERATOR FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND WAS JUST LAID OFF IN APRIL BECAUSE OF A LACK OF BUSINESS COMING IN TO THE COMPANY. HE SAYS THEY PARTED WAYS WITH NO PROBLEMS. AND HE AND ALL OF THE EMPLOYEE HES WERE BLIND SIDED BY THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST KIBBY. RIGHT NOW, INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING TO LEARN ALL THEY CAN ABOUT NATHANIEL KIBBY AND TRYING